Duncan Cowles Movies

Part road trip, part coming-of-middle-age tale, Cowles’ laconic humour and frank approach to his subject proves effective in exploring aspects...

Gavin built a giant volcano sculpture that's now in his dad's shed. Gavin seeks his dad's understanding but he's uninterested in modern art and...

Unable to move on from the death of his granny, a filmmaker desperately searches for the right film idea that will finally allow him to let go…

This film aims to capture the stories of the aging Isabella, but also captures her condition and loss of cohesiveness as she loses herself into...

A short character portrait of Stuart Murray, a Glaswegian Postman and Artist

Using his failed attempts at creating profitable stock footage, a filmmaker reflects on the absurd, mundane and funny side of being trapped inside...

Making a film when you're 87 is less than convenient. Examine the difficulties of communication between the generations, as Tweedie is encouraged to...

Prompted by the death of his grandfather, a filmmaker comes to terms with his feelings of loss by focussing on something smaller.

What stops a father and son from being able to talk? As far back as I can remember, my dad and I haven't been able to communicate to each other very...

Living at home when you're twenty-one has it's downsides...

What's it like to feel no emotion?

Through distant observation of people walking on desire lines, a filmmaker notices a pattern in peoples tendency to cut corners, and reflects on what...

Fatigue expressed in an endless sea of content.

Contrasting artistic visions, misplaced confidence and blatant ignorance collide on the backdrop of an increasingly fragile and divided world. Two...

The pressures of having to make an amazing film for TED sent this deadpan, deep-voiced, award-winning filmmaker into a crippling spiral of...

That's Your Lot - A very short film about nothing by Duncan Cowles made in an afternoon in late 2023 (largely with the purpose of testing a new...